Sainsburys Gorgie have just finished giving their car park what seems like a 'no expense spared' makeover. They must've spent hundreds of thousands resurfacing all the Tarmac, relaying all the sets and line painting, as well as:
Funky new signage everywhere:
IMAG0714 by Ed, on Flickr
Solar powered beleisha beacons and new wooden fencing:
IMAG0717 by Ed, on Flickr
And yet they've done nothing to improve the lot of cyclists & pedestrians, despite Gorgie being an area of low car ownership/access.
For almost no additional cost, they could have provided a nice off-road cyclepath along the the East and North sides of the car park on the plentiful unused land, thus connecting Gorgie (Wheatfield Rd) to the Water of Leith path and beyond to NEPN etc.
Instead we have...
A nice kerb to bunny-hop:
IMAG0712 by Ed, on Flickr
A nice wee bit o chicanery through the recycling bins:
IMAG0713 by Ed, on Flickr
Mixing up with the traffic (who often don't bother to look at the give ways) in the car park:
IMAG0714 by Ed, on Flickr
Note, oodles of spare land to put a cycle track - only a couple of parking spaces would need to be removed (never used anyway):
IMAG0716 by Ed, on Flickr
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